Weblog: As Crosswalk.com Cuts Staff and Closes Office Other Christian Web Sites Flounder Around It
Plus: Family Research Council's new president, more on spousal submission, and more stories from other media sources.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 9/01/2000 12:00AM
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Canadian MP wants to secularize Christmas
John Bryden wants to make Christmas a national holiday rather than a statutory holiday based on religious observance to "enable those people who are not Christians to celebrate Christmas with the rest of Canadians." As expected, religious leaders are concerned. "Very often you hear the complaint that Christ has been taken out of Christmas, and it's sort of absurd—consider the first half of the word—that an act of Parliament could suddenly say that is no longer part of it," says William Kokesch, communications director for the Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops. Even Jewish leaders are skeptical. "People are already free to enjoy the holiday as they see fit," says Manuel Prutschi, spokesman for the Canadian Jewish Congress. "So why unnecessarily stir up Canada's multicultural and multi-faith pot?"
Wheaton readies to replace the Crusader
Wheaton College, which
dropped its Crusader mascot in April because of "how offensive the image of the Crusades is to large portions of the world," will announce a replacement Saturday at the dedication of a $13.5 million sports and recreation center.
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